The books in the Kushiel Universe by Jacqueline Carey
Oh whyyyyyyy, why must you make me choooooooose?
This is the reason I'm always chafing at these kinds of "What's your favorite ______?" questions. Whether it's movies, songs, books, etc. I don't know how anyone can name just one. I know I can't. A book series is no exception, but if I gotta pick just one...
Putting aside a whole slew of series I've fallen in love with just recently, or ones that still have too few books published in it to be included, I'll probably have to go with this long-time personal favorite of mine -- Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Universe, which is nine books split into three trilogies: Books 1-3: Phèdre Trilogy, Books 4-6: Imriel's Trilogy, Books 7-9: Moirin Trilogy.
All of them are quite fantastic, even though I felt the Moirin Trilogy might have missed its mark, and Imriel's Trilogy as a follow-up wasn't really that bad at all. Still, it's the Phèdre Trilogy that I completely adore. It's the one that first introduced me to the wonders and beauty of Terre D'Ange, its magic and its people.
For a long time, many of the books in this series has ranked among some of the best I've ever read, and I always remember the reading experience fondly and with pleasant nostalgia.
This series is definitely a favourite, right up there with The Warlord Chronicles for me. I'll probably end up using Kushiel's Dart for the favourite book in my favourite series entry because that's the one I love most.
ReplyDeleteI actually never read the third Imriel book. I got a little tired of Imriel after the second. I'll probably read Moirin's third (more for Bao, actually) before I read Imriel's third.
Hmm, that's an idea...I was gonna use a book from this Kushiel as my favorite book in favorite series, because well, I did just name it as my favorite series after all, lol. But now that you mention it, maybe I'll look for another series I like for that question.
ReplyDeleteAnd the third Imriel book is worth reading, if just for the happy ending. Because damn, the second one was so dark as hell I almost got too depressed to finish.
Still haven't read these. :(
ReplyDeleteHopefully one day! Kushiel's Dart is definitely worth it! :)
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